罢丑别听Manulife Prize听for the Promotion of Active Health, valued at $50,000 CAD, was offered by UU直播 to a Canadian academic whose research contributed to understanding how factors such as physical activity, nutrition, fitness, or psychosocial context can influence personal health and well-being.听
2019 Winner:听Dr. Kerry S. Courneya
$50,000 award recognizes a trailblazing researcher who put exercise front and centre in cancer treatment
Montreal - April 1, 2019
UU直播, in association with Manulife and the UU直播 Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics (MCCHE), is pleased to announce that Dr. Kerry S. Courneya, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Physical Activity and Cancer at the University of Alberta and pioneer in the field of physical activity (PA) and cancer survivorship, is the winner of the 2019 Manulife Prize for the Promotion of Active Health.
In the press
- CBC Homerun, April 30, 2019
- UU直播 announces 2019 Prize winner
- UU直播 annonce le laur茅at 2019
2018 Winner: Dr. Jean-Pierre Despr茅s
Photo: Richard Payette, President and CEO of Manulife Qu茅bec; Louis Arseneault, Vice-Principal (Communications and External Relations) of UU直播; Jean-Pierre Despr茅s, Professor of Kinesiology at Universit茅 Laval and winner of 2018 Manulife Prize; Professor Laurette Dub茅, Chair and Scientific Director of the UU直播 Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics at the Desautels Faculty of Management
$50,000 award recognizes research pioneer who screened for abdominal obesity and acted to prevent it
Montreal - March 22, 2018 UU直播, in association with Manulife and the UU直播 Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics (MCCHE), is pleased to announce that Dr. Jean-Pierre Despr茅s, Professor at the Department of Kinesiology, Faculty of Medicine at Universit茅 Laval and pioneer in developing screening techniques for visceral obesity, is the winner of the 2018 Manulife Prize for the Promotion of Active Health.
In the press
- UU直播 announces Dr. Jean-Pierre Despr茅s as the 2018 Winner of the Manulife Prize for the Promotion of Active Health
- UU直播 annonce que le docteur Jean-Pierre Despr茅s est le laur茅at 2018 du Prix Manuvie 2018 pour la promotion d鈥檜ne sant茅 active
History: 2011-2016
The Bloomberg Manulife Prize was founded in听May 2011 by听Toronto-based investment manager听Lawrence S. Bloomberg听and corporate sponsor听Manulife Financial. Motivated by a strong common desire to improve our lifestyle choices, the founding partners joined forces to create an influential prize that will have the power to bring real and lasting change to the way we live. To accomplish this goal, they decided to recognize and support the researchers who are already having a profound impact on the health and well-being of their fellow citizens.
Researchers across UU直播, and especially researchers from the听UU直播 Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics, have a long tradition of ground-breaking work that promotes health and physical activity among people of all ages, as well as innovative research that is improving the quality of life for those suffering from chronic ailments.
